Panava Dodge

Filho, Fernando Da Silva Carvalho & Esposito, Maria Cristina, 2011, Panava a senior synonym of Wulpisca, and description of new species of Panava and Dexosarcophaga (Bezzisca) from the Brazilian Amazon (Diptera, Sarcophagidae), Zootaxa 2808, pp. 49-56 : 51

Key to species of Panava Dodge (males only)

1. Wing vein R1 fully setose. Ecuador........................................................ P. equatoriana Lopes

- Wing vein R1 setose at most in basal third.................................................................. 2

2. Phallus long, distiphallus longer than cercus................................................................ 3

- Phallus not particularly elongated, distiphallus shorter than cercus............................................... 5

3. Surstylus rounded and without short apical spines. Venezuela.................................. P. savanensis Lopes

- Surstylus elongated and bearing short apical spines.......................................................... 4

4. Cercus in lateral view with truncated apex; pregonite short, shorter than phallic tube; postgonite almost straight. Costa Rica, Panama................................................................................ P. inflata Dodge

- Cercus in lateral view with rounded apex; pregonite elongated, as long as phallic tube; postgonite gently curverd. Peru............................................................................................. P. peruana Lopes

5. Distiphallus with pin-like latero-ventral processes ( Fig. 7 ); juxta with ventral margin serrated ( Fig. 7 ). Brazilian Amazon....................................................................................... P. amazonica sp. nov.

- Distiphallus without pin-like latero-ventral processes; juxta with at most minute spines............................. 6

6. Basiphallus with short extension at junction with distiphallus; lateral plate wide and with margins serrated; ventralia reduced without serrated apex; postgonite with pointed apex. El Salvador................................ P. arnaudi (Lopes)

- Basiphallus without extension at junction with distiphallus; lateral plate narrow and with margins smooth; ventralia large with serrated apex; postgonite with rounded apex. Mexico.......................................... P. imbecilla (Wulp)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. Panava amazonica sp. nov., male terminalia. 1. Syntergosternite 7 + 8, epandrium, surstylus, and cercus, lateral view. 2. Cercus, posterior view. 3. Sternite 5, ventral view. 4. Postgonite, lateral view. 5. Pregonite, lateral view. 6. Phallus and associated structures, lateral view. 7. Distiphallus, lateral view. Scale bar = 0.2 mm. Abbreviations: bp = basiphallus, dp = distiphallus, ha = hypandrium, ju = juxta, lp = lateral plate, prg = pregonite, ptg = postgonite, ve = vesica.